The Ruling on Working to Obtain Both Worldly and Hereafter Rewards from Obedience
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Evidence has come from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) that there is a type of obedience for which a person is rewarded in both this world and the Hereafter if he performs it.For example: (Follow one Hajj with another 'Umrah, for they expel poverty and sins) and also: (Wealth does not decrease through charity) and also: (Maintaining family ties and being dutiful to parents prolongs life and increases provision) So, if a person performs these acts of obedience in order to increase his wealth and prolong his life, is he rewarded in the Hereafter?
Yes, this is an important question. The Islamic Shari'ah, praise be to Allah, contains both religious and worldly incentives, because Allah the Exalted knows the servant's deficiency and his need for what encourages him, and his deficiency and his need for what restrains him. So righteous deeds came with mentions of the reward in the Hereafter and the reward in this world, as encouragement for the person, because the person needs this in both this world and the Hereafter, as Allah Mighty and Majestic said: [al-Baqarah: 201-202] So there is no blame on a person who performs a righteous deed while considering the worldly reward attached to it, and his reward is not diminished in any way; because if this diminished the servant in any way, Allah and His Messenger would not have mentioned it. But this is from the category of incentives. Then, what the heart obtains from acts of obedience is worthy of encouraging a person to them. Likewise, the prohibitions: the hudud and ta'zir punishments came so that people would be restrained from what is subject to hudud. So the hadd for zina for an unmarried person is to be flogged one hundred lashes and exiled from the land for one year, and for a married person it is to be stoned. A person may have weak faith, and nothing may restrain him from zina except such punishments. So this is from the wisdom of the Shari'ah, to the extent that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) used to say in some of his expeditions: (Whoever kills a killer, he gets his spoils) meaning: what he has with him of weapons, clothes, and other things.
Yes, this is an important question. The Islamic Shari'ah, praise be to Allah, contains both religious and worldly incentives, because Allah the Exalted knows the servant's deficiency and his need for what encourages him, and his deficiency and his need for what restrains him. So righteous deeds came with mentions of the reward in the Hereafter and the reward in this world, as encouragement for the person, because the person needs this in both this world and the Hereafter, as Allah Mighty and Majestic said: